Offer at a glance
- Maximum bonus amount:Â $300
- Availability:Â Nationwide
- Direct deposit required:Â Yes, two direct deposits of $500+
- Additional requirements:Â Use promo code
- Hard/soft pull: Soft (overdraft protection no longer being offered)
- ChexSystems:Â Mixed. EWS sensitive according to the comments
- Credit card funding:Â None
- Monthly fees:Â None
- Early account termination fee:Â None
- Household limit:Â None listed
- Expiration date:Â None listed
Contents
The Offer
- Capital One is offering a $300 bonus when you open a new checking account and complete the following requirements:
- Use promo code OFFER300
- Set up and receive at least 2 direct deposits, each of $500 or more, within 75 days of account opening
The Fine Print
- Capital One reserves the right to end or change the terms of this offer at any time prior to you accepting the offer, with or without notice. Changing the terms of this offer could result in a change to any of the offer requirements such as, but not limited to, the required deposit amounts, qualified external deposit sources, the bonus amounts or expiration date. Please note that once your account is opened with a promotional code, the terms of the offer will not change without us notifying you in advance. Offers may vary.
- If you have or had an open 360 Checking, Simply Checking, or Total Control Checking account as a primary or secondary account holder with Capital One on or after January 1, 2023, you will be ineligible for the bonus. If your account is in default, closed or suspended, or otherwise not in good standing before you receive the bonus, you will not receive the bonus. No minimum balance is required to be maintained in order to receive this bonus.
- Here’s the full scoop on how to earn your $300 bonus:
- Open a 360 Checking account on or after November 13, 2024, using promotional code OFFER300.
- Set up and receive at least 2 Qualifying Direct Deposits each of $500 or more to your 360 Checking account within 75 days of account opening.
- Capital One will deposit the bonus into your account after the first two requirements listed above are completed. See below for when the bonus will be posted.
- All bank account bonuses are treated as income/interest and as such you have to pay taxes on them
Avoiding Fees
Monthly Fees
This account has no monthly fees to worry about.
Early Account Termination Fee
There is no early account termination fee
Our Verdict
There was a $250 bonus, I said to wait for a bigger bonus as we saw $350 bonus last year. I think this $300 bonus is worth doing though and we will add it to our best bank account bonuses.
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- Bank Bonus Posting Times
03/14/25 Opened
03/21/25 Alliant push $505
03/26/25 Alliant push $503
05/22/25 bonus posted, 6d before 75d
Just a few weeks before that, P2 applied online, a week later pushed $500 from Chase Checking twice (one day after another), and received their bonus 1d after the 75d mark.
5/13/25 Opened
06/04/24 $580 from Treasury Direct (C of I)
6/05/25 $620 from Treasury Direct (C of I)
7/30/25 $300 Bonus
Was really surprised that I got the bonus. I made a mistake and closed my last account in 4/2023 and didn’t realize I wasn’t eligible but some how still go the bonus!
Also They didn’t pull my c hex
07/30/2025: MoneyLink from Schwab coded as Transfer, not sure what went wrong. I’ll observe it over the next few days to see if it changes to Deposit
First Schwab coded as a transfer and hasn’t been updated to direct deposit, while the second one was coded as a direct deposit.
Thanks, I’ll report how the next transaction gets coded after it goes through next week.
My second transaction was coded as a Direct Deposit! So I’ll make another one a few days out just to be safe and get 2 DD’s.
Worked with ChexSystems locked
5/2/25 Friday opened
7/17/25 Thursday $300 posted
76 days after opening.
Oops, I actually opened on 5/1.
DPs:
P1:
4/30/25 – Opened
5/12/25 & 5/19/25 – Chase Personal ACH transfers of $501 each
5/29/25 – $1002 transferred out
6/18/25 & 7/3/25 — Real DDs of $501 each
7/8/25 – $1100 transferred out
7/16/25 – Bonus paid (77 days from opening)
P2:
4/30/25 – Opened
5/12/25 & 5/19/25 – Chase Personal ACH transfers of $501 each
5/29/25 – $1002 transferred out
7/16/25 – Bonus paid (77 days from opening, 58 days from last dep)
DP on Ally Bank. Transfers coded as “ALLY BANK P2P” Memo “P2P”. 75 days from my opening date is 7/12/25. It’s 7/16/25 and nothing so far. Ally worked in the past but not anymore? Anyone got more DP on this?
Just opened and sent first $501 through Ally. Will let you know how my DP goes.
Both of my Ally transfers coded as “Ally Bank P2P” with Memo “P2P” and in Category “Transfer”
Schwab Brokerage $501 scheduled transfer on 29 Apr and $500 on 30 Apr. Cap1’s system labels those deposits as Direct Deposit.
12 July – $300 bonus posted!
Moved all the money out of Cap1 Checking to Cap1 Savings (my choice). Thanks for the help everyone.
Did a push from Fidelity on 5/15 and 5/16. Both are coded as FID BKG SVC LLC and categorized as transfers. Did anyone else get this type of code?
Yes I did two DD and both are coded as “FID BKG SVC LLC” and categorized as transfers. I believe it’ll still count according to this DP:
https://www.doctorofcredit.com/capital-one-300-checking-bonus/#comment-2077925
5/14/25 Opened account
5/15/25 – Fidelity CMA
5/16/25 – Fidelity CMA
7/30/25 – $300 bonus
Guess Fidelity works
Are you able to cycle this bonus?
Yes, but only if you closed your last account before 1/1/2023, per the current terms